Youth and rock in the Soviet bloc : youth cultures, music, and the state in Russia and Eastern Europe / edited by William Jay Risch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Risch, William Jay, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular music--Political aspects--Europe, Eastern--History--20th century.

Popular music.

Popular music--Social aspects--Europe, Eastern--History--20th century.

Popular music--Political aspects--Soviet Union.

Popular music--Social aspects--Soviet Union.

Music and state--Europe, Eastern--History--20th century.

Music and state.

Music and state--Soviet Union.

Youth--Europe, Eastern--History--20th century.

Youth.

Youth--Soviet Union.

Cold War--Music and the war.

Cold War.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Youth and Rock in the Soviet Bloc </span><span>explores the impact of Western popular culture on young people in Russia and Eastern Europe during the Cold War. </span></span>

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; 1 Swinging between East and West; 2 Against "Pop-Song" Poison from the West; 3 Coercion and Consumption; 4 Only Rock 'n' Roll?; 5 The Making of the Gang; 6 Détente and Western Cultural Products in Soviet Ukraine during the 1970s; 7 Punk and the State of Youth in the GDR; 8 "A Room-Sized Ocean"; 9 Shostakovich versus Boney M.; 10 Facing the Music; 11 Rockin' Down the Mainline; 12 East of (Teenaged) Eden, or, Is Eastern Youth Culture So Different from the West?; Select Bibliography; Index; About the Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4985-0875-8

0-7391-7823-7

OCLC:

898769354